The Environment Has
Structure
Science 6
Life in an Environment
• What is an environment?
– Everything that affects an organism
• What is ecology?
– The study of the interactions between
organisms and their environment.
• Biotic Factors:
– living parts of the environment such as
plants and animals.
• Abiotic Factors:
– nonliving parts of the environment such as
climate, soil type, and air.
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Population
Organism
The Environment Has Structure
Biosphere
One Party Comes Each
Birthday:
Ecosystem
Community
Population
Organism
Biosphere- Birthday
Ecosystem- Each
Community- Comes
Population- Party
Organism- One
The Environment Has Structure
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Population
Organism
Organism
• Single organism
• Anything that can independently carry out
life processes
• Example: one clownfish
Organism
The Environment Has Structure
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Population
•
•
•
Organism
Single organism
Anything that can
independently carry out
life processes
Example: one clownfish
Population
• A group of individuals of the SAME
SPECIES that live together in the same
area
• Example: all the clownfish living in the
same area
Population
The Environment Has Structure
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
•
•
Population
Organism
A group of
•
individuals of the •
SAME SPECIES that
live together in the
same area
•
Example: all
clownfish
Single organism
Anything that can
independently carry out
life processes
Example: one clownfish
Community
• All of the populations of different species
that live in the same area
• Example: all the clownfish, turtles, other
fish, sharks, manta rays, dolphins, seaweed,
bacteria…
The Environment Has Structure
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
•
•
All of the populations •
of different species
that live in the same
area
Example:
•
Population
Organism
A group of
•
individuals of the •
SAME SPECIES that
live together in the
same area
•
Example:
Single organism
Anything that can
independently carry out
life processes
Example:
Ecosystem
• A community of organisms combined with
the nonliving (rocks, dirt) parts of the
environment
• Example: the ocean
Ecosystem
The Environment Has Structure
Biosphere
Ecosystem
•
•
A community of
organisms combined
with the nonliving
(rocks, dirt) parts of the
environment
Example: the ocean
Community
•
•
All of the populations •
of different species
that live in the same
area
Example:
•
Population
Organism
A group of
•
individuals of the •
SAME SPECIES that
live together in the
same area
•
Example:
Single organism
Anything that can
independently carry out
life processes
Example:
Biosphere
• All of the ecosystems on Earth combined
together
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Population
Organism
The Environment Has Structure
Biosphere
•
Ecosystem
•
A community of
All of the
organisms combined
ecosystems on Earth with the nonliving
combined together (rocks, dirt) parts of the
environment
• Example: the ocean
Community
•
•
All of the populations •
of different species
that live in the same
area
Example:
•
Population
Organism
A group of
•
individuals of the •
SAME SPECIES that
live together in the
same area
•
Example:
Single organism
Anything that can
independently carry out
life processes
Example:
The Environment Has Structure
Biosphere
•
All of the
___________ on
Earth ___________
together
Ecosystem
•
•
A ____________ of
___________ combined
with the ____________
(rocks, dirt) parts of the
environment
Example: the ________
Community
•
•
All of the ___________ •
of ___________
_________ that live in
the same __________
Example:
•
Population
Organism
A ________ of
•
individuals of the •
_________ _________
that live together in
the _______ area
•
Example:
_________ organism
Anything that can
_____________ carry out
_______ processes
Example:
The Environment Has Structure
Biosphere
One Party Comes Each
Birthday:
Ecosystem
Community
Population
Organism
Biosphere- Birthday
Ecosystem- Each
Community- Comes
Population- Party
Organism- One